Frieway's karate club conquers Porec: gold and bronze for Mattersburg!

Frieway's karate club conquers Porec: gold and bronze for Mattersburg!

The Karateka of the Frieway Karate Club Mattersburg once again demonstrated their skills at the Youth World Cup in Porec, Croatia. At the prestigious event, which took place from June 26th to 29th, 2025, over 3,200 athletes from 79 nations competed against each other to measure themselves in different disciplines. This event is considered the largest young tournament of the WKF World Association, such as bwv.at reported.

A radiant highlight from Mattersburg is the young athlete Tamara Lehner, who started in the U18 age group. After a perfect course in the preliminary round, where she was able to win all fights with a point lead of up to two points, she secured the gold in the final against Ines Ordonez from France. This was already her third gold medal in Porec, after she had previously triumphed in the U14 and U16 in the years 2022 and 2024, [meinzirk.at] (https://www.meinsburg/mattersburg/c-sport/karateka-in-in-bestform-zum-fij.

success and team spirit

The second medal for the Frieways Karate Club won Sophie Strodl, who won bronze in the Kata competition U14. She showed an excellent performance, but had to give up in the semi -finals against the later tournament winner. Coach Balaz's Lakner was enthusiastic about the achievements of his small but fine team, which was able to take home two medals at the end of the season.

With the successful appearance in Porec, the Frieways Karate Club Mattersburg also celebrates its 15th anniversary. During this time, the athletes were able to achieve a total of 18 World Cup medals and many other international successes. Obwoman Eva Puschenwein emphasized the importance of the team spirit and the common visions in the club - without the dignity of such successes.

A look into the future

While the Karateka from Mattersburg recently celebrated success, the views of the upcoming challenges are already looking. The World Championships of Age Associations Youth, Junior: Inside and U21 will take place in Jesolo, Venice, Italy, from October 9th to 13th, 2024. There will be 1,995 karateka from 113 nations, and the Austrian athletes will do everything possible to achieve high positions, such as karate.nrw recently) reported.

The athletes from Mattersburg have shown that they "have a good hand" in both training and competitions. Their commitment and sporting successes are not only a source of pride for the association, but also for the entire region.